RENDER

One who rends.

To return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser.

To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41.

To give up; to yield; to surrender. I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak.

Hence, to furnish; to contribute. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts.

To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner. He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. Shak.

To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]

To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. Totten.

A surrender. [Obs.] Shak.

A return; a payment of rent. In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. Blackstone.

An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.